They seems to use the character to mock absurd situations
I don't see autism as being the punchline here. They had another report from him where he was reporting from a scene where somebody died and he didn't get why the victim's family were hugging his body (or something like that) as he was already gone.
The actor who plays the reporter is himself autistic. That doesn't immunise it from being offensive, but it makes it a bit less likely to be so in my mind.
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RadioElectric, Sat 28 Apr 2012, 10:02,
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